The Girl On The Wall: One Life's Rich Tapestry
by Baggott, Jean
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1848311265
- ISBN 13
- 9781848311268
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Icon Books, 2010 9781848311268. Hardback. First edition. First printing. Fine/Fine. Signed by author on title page. No other inscriptions or annotations. 352 pages. 3.6041 cent in x 23.5787 cent x 15.7868 cent. DW is NOT price-clipped. Original pictorial dustjacket. Superior paper throughout. No sign of ageing. The tapestry consists of over 70 intersecting circles, each telling some aspect of her life. Jean Baggott is 'the girl on the wall' - a 1948 photograph taken of her when she was eleven - whose life was never going to be remarkable and the pinnacle of whose achievements would come from being a wife and a mother. Almost 60 years later, with her children gone, dealing with the loss of the love of her life, Jean began the education denied to her as a girl. Inspired by ceilings of Lincolnshire's Burghley House and by the History degree she had begun, Jean began to stitch a tapestry which looked back at her life and the changing world around her. It took sixteen months to complete. Some circles represent extraordinary events such as the moon landings or world historical news stories like the Cuban Missile Crisis; some comment on famous people and places she remembers, others about the music she loves - Pink Floyd - and the games she played as a child, and growing up during the second world war with her brothers. Each chapter of "The Girl on the Wall" features a circle from the tapestry and Jean's accompanying narrative, exploring the circle and the memories it evokes. It reveals an ordinary life in extraordinary detail. The result is a truly unique, touching portrait of a seemingly average British woman's life. To stand back and look at the tapestry is to be struck by the richness of one human journey - from 1940 to the present day. The girl on the wall would be proud. The book includes a full-colour pull-out of Jean's tapestry inside the back cover. Excellent condition throughout. .
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2414
- Title
- The Girl On The Wall: One Life's Rich Tapestry
- Author
- Baggott, Jean
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1848311265
- ISBN 13
- 9781848311268
- Publisher
- London: Icon Books, 2010 9781848311268
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Memoir Autobiography WWII Aftermath Rationing Childhood Adolescence Adult Life QSE
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David Edward Hellawell
Biblio member since 2007
Bromsgrove, West Midlands
About David Edward Hellawell
Professor Emeritus now selling off the stock of a lifetime.
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